Editing Mid Devon (section)

==Governance==
{{Infobox legislature
| background_color   = #0D2477
| name               = Mid Devon District Council
| logo_pic           = Mid Devon District Council logo.svg
| logo_res           = 100px
| house_type         = Non-metropolitan district council
| jurisdiction       = Mid Devon
| foundation         = 1 April 1974
| leader1_type       = [[Chairperson|Chair]]
| leader1            = ''Vacant''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Miles |title=Tributes after death of councillor Frank Letch |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp311yz0rvyo |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=9 April 2025}}</ref>
| party1             = <!--<br>[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]-->
| election1          = 8 April 2025
| leader2_type       = [[Leader of the council|Leader]]
| leader2            = Luke Taylor
| party2             = <br>[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]
| election2          = 24 May 2023
| leader3_type       = [[Chief Executive]]
| leader3            = Stephen Walford<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the leadership team |url=https://www.middevon.gov.uk/your-council/how-the-council-works/meet-the-leadership-team/ |website=Mid Devon District Council |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>
| party3             = <!-- Non-political role -->
| election3          = 2016
| members            = 42 councillors
| structure1         = Mid Devon District Council 2025.svg
| structure1_res     = 280
| political_groups1 = 
;Administration (35)
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] (34)}}
;Other parties (7)
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] (3)}}
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|border=darkgray}} [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] (3)}}
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] (1)}}
: {{nowrap|{{Color box|White| border=darkgray}} Vacant (1)}}
| joint_committees   = 
| voting_system1     = [[Plurality-at-large voting|Plurality-at-large]]
| last_election1     = [[2023 Mid Devon District Council election|4 May 2023]]
| next_election1     = 6 May 2027
| session_room       = Tiverton , Phoenix House - geograph.org.uk - 2750487.jpg
| session_res        =
| meeting_place      = Phoenix House, Phoenix Lane, Tiverton, EX16{{nbsp}}6PP
| website            = {{URL|www.middevon.gov.uk}}
| constitution       = [https://www.middevon.gov.uk/your-council/councillors-democracy/constitution/ The Constitution of Mid Devon District Council]
| footnotes          =
}}

Mid Devon District Council provides [[Non-metropolitan district|district-level]] services. [[Non-metropolitan county|County-level]] services are provided by [[Devon County Council]].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref> The whole district is also covered by [[civil parish]]es, which form a third tier of local government.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>

===Political control===
The council has been under [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] majority control since the [[2023 Mid Devon District Council election|2023 election]].

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=Compositions Calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html |access-date=26 November 2024 |website=The Elections Centre |publisher=University of Exeter}} (Put "Mid Devon" in search box to see specific results.)</ref><ref name=hold>{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/18ud.stm | title = Mid Devon | accessdate = 2010-02-17 | work = [[BBC News Online]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Party in control || Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}} || 1974–1995
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} ||1995–1999
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1999–2023
|-
|{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} || 2023–present 
|}

===Leadership===
The [[leader of the council|leaders of the council]] since 2008 have been:

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
|-
| Peter Hare-Scott<ref>{{cite web |title=Five former councillors become Honorary Aldermen |url=https://www.middevon.gov.uk/five-former-councillors-become-honorary-aldermen/ |website=Mid Devon District Council |access-date=30 November 2024 |date=20 December 2022}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 2008 || align=right|29 Oct 2014
|-
| Clive Eginton<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 29 October 2014 |url=https://democracy.middevon.gov.uk/CeListDocuments.aspx?CommitteeId=156&MeetingId=252&DF=29%2f10%2f2014&Ver=2 |website=Mid Devon District Council |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Councillor Clive Eginton appointed new leader of Mid Devon District Council |url=https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/11578205.Councillor_Clive_Eginton_appointed_new_leader_of_Mid_Devon_District_Council/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |work=Somerset County Gazette |date=4 November 2024}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|29 Oct 2014 || align=right|May 2019
|-
| Bob Deed<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 22 May 2019 |url=https://democracy.middevon.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=156&MId=1003 |website=Mid Devon District Council |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=Heptinstall/> || {{party name with colour|Independent politician}} || align=right|22 May 2019 || align=right|22 Feb 2023
|-
| Barry Warren<ref name=Heptinstall>{{cite news |last1=Heptinstall |first1=Ollie |title=New Mid Devon leader appointed after predecessor resigns |url=https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/new-mid-devon-leader-appointed-after-predecessor-resigns-596978 |access-date=30 July 2023 |work=Mid Devon Advertiser |date=23 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 22 February 2023 |url=https://democracy.middevon.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=156&MId=1659 |website=Mid Devon District Council |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Independent politician}} || align=right|22 Feb 2023 || align=right|May 2023
|-
| Luke Taylor<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 24 May 2023 |url=https://democracy.middevon.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=156&MId=1661 |website=Mid Devon District Council |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} || align=right|24 May 2023 || align=right|
|}

===Composition===
Following the [[2023 Mid Devon District Council election|2023 election]] and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to July 2024, the composition of the council was:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2023/may/04/elections-2023-results-live-local-council-england#le-full-results|title=Local elections 2023: live council results for England|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mid Devon |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/councils/?council=mid_devon |website=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2| Party
! Councillors
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| align=center|34
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| align=center|3
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| align=center|3
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
| align=center|1
|-
| style="background-color: white;" |
| Vacant
| align=center|1
|-
! colspan=2|Total
! align=center|42
|}
The next election is due in 2027.

===Elections===
{{see also|Mid Devon District Council elections}}
Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 42 [[councillor]]s, representing 22 [[Wards of the United Kingdom|wards]], with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Mid Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2021|year=2021|number=889|access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>

===Premises===
Since January 2004 the council has been based at a modern office building called Phoenix House on Phoenix Lane in Tiverton.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact details and opening hours |url=https://www.middevon.gov.uk/your-council/customer-services/contact-details-and-opening-hours |website=Mid Devon District Council |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mid Devon District Council is on the move |url=http://www.middevon.gov.uk/ |access-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040105015913/http://www.middevon.gov.uk/ |archive-date=5 January 2004}}</ref>